# Smokescreen Technologies: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/smokescreen-technologies

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Deception technology](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/security/deception-technology/index.md) | 0% | 86 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Known for ease of deployment and being more accessible/cost-effective for mid-market organizations" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Deception)

## And against it

- "Smokescreen Technologies (acquired by Zscaler)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Deception)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Smokescreen Technologies, from 8 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- acalvio.com: 5
- verifiedmarketresearch.com: 5
- guideflow.com: 4
- eastbaycyber.com: 3
- g2.com: 3
- researchandmarkets.com: 3
- scmgalaxy.com: 3
- slashdot.org: 3
- sourceforge.net: 3
- aimultiple.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://verifiedmarketresearch.com/blog/best-deception-technology-software: 5
- https://guideflow.com/blog/deception-technology-software: 4
- https://acalvio.com/: 3
- https://g2.com/categories/deception-technology: 3
- https://scmgalaxy.com/tutorials/top-10-deception-technology-tools-features-pros-cons-comparison: 3
- https://acalvio.com/agentic-ai-security/deception-technology-solutions-an-enterprise-buyers-framework-for-2026: 2
- https://acalvio.com/preemptive-security/competitive-intelligence-cyber-deception: 2
- https://acalvio.com/products: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.